For Further Consideration

The following are curriculum extensions to further your study or interest in the topic
we covered today.
Read about the Romantic Movement:
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture16a.html

Revolutions heavily influences Romanticism. Research some of the following

events and identify how they may have contributed to the ideas and
characteristics of the Romantic Era.
*American Revolution
*French Revolution
-The Declaration of the Rights of Man
-King Louis XVI executed
-The Reign of Terror
-Napoleon crowned Emperor
-Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
*The Industrial Revolution
-Country vs City
-Rich vs Poor
-Capital vs Labor

Read works by some of these Romantic Poets: William Blake,

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy
Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allen Poe. Create a poster size collage that
expresses some of the ideas and feeling presented in their poetry.

The Romantic Period was experienced all over the world. Do some research and
identify some Romantic Poets from countries other than the U.S. and England.
Hint: Brazil, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, India, Polandare just a few. Create a
presentation of your findings.

Make a playlist of modern popular music that expresses the characteristics of

Romanticism.

Create a Google Slides presentation detailing works of art that express

characteristics of the Romantic Movement. Explain the symbolism and
references that make the art relevant.
Communique:

Topic: The Romantic Movement was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual
movement that embodied specific characteristics and peaked between 1800 and
1850.

Outcomes:
Students will:
Describe the characteristics of Romanticism.
Understand how world-wide events led to the Romantic Movement.
Identify and explain how the characteristics of a literary genre are reflected in a
piece of literature.
Analyze the overall significance, meaning, and theme of a text.
Explain how the elements of a text establish it as an example of Romanticism.

Standards:
Reading 2.0 - Reading Comprehension - Read and understand grade-level-
appropriate material. Describe and connect the essential ideas, arguments, and
perspectives of the text by using their knowledge of text structure,
organization, and purpose.
Reading 3.0 Literary Response and Analysis - Read and respond to historically
or culturally significant works of literature. Begin to find ways to clarify the
ideas and make connections between literary works
Written and Oral English Language Conventions 1.0 -Write and speak with a
command of standard English conventions appropriate to this grade level